( April 10, 2026, 8:50 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Four real estate brokerages will pay a total of $44.05 million to end home sellers’ putative class claims accusing them of engaging in a nationwide conspiracy with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and other brokerages to artificially inflate broker compensation, according to settlement agreements that were granted final approval by a federal judge in Georgia over two objections, one of which was made by plaintiffs in two similar class suits who accused two of the settling defendants of conducting a “reverse auction.”...